The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-06-21

| approaching Diue-lackets. promising Il
blow them all out of existence before
they could reach the side of his yes.
sci.
The Americans bore down on him
with long. steady pull at their oars
the Mosquito veering off little from
the Gallinipper, so that the threatened
discharge of grape might rake only one
of them. The piratical schooner lay
in seven or eight feet of water and only
few hundred Yards off the shore.
The Gallinipper, On her after guar
ter, had approached within musket-
shot. when DiablitO, training his nine
FOUNDER full on the barge. discharged
il. But the grape merely cut away
some of the oars and wounded two men
slightly. The progress of the barge
was not even arrested for a moment
With ringing cheer the men-of-war's
men dashed forward. and the smoke of
cannon rising, the astoniShed freeboot-
erS beheld the barge darling up under
the schOOners stern. Seized with
panic, though outnmbering the Amer
leans two 10 one, they did not wait
even TO strike single blow in defense
of their ship. but leaped overheard like
a flock of sheep and made for the shore.
The marines from the Gallinipper
jumped aboard and captured the
schooner without resistance: while the
Mosquito, pulling rapidly amongst the
fugitiveS i'm the wafer. cut them to
pieces Unfortunately About forty
of the crew of sixty were killed. and
others reached the shore and escaped
into the woods. Among the killed was
for the shore, WAS recognized by the
Spanish pilot of the Mosquito and shot.
The Greyhound and Beagle then
went cruising on the south coast of
Cuba, through the Japlines AID about
the Isle of Pines. but found no sport
until they were in the vicinity of Cape
Cruz. This region was reported to be
a famous haunt of the pirates. but not
trace of human presence was To be
seen from the water. The shore was
wooded and seemed to be a mere jungle
of thorny chaparral.
The two war-Ships anchored within
few hundred yards of the beach. and Il
boat, under command of Lieutenant
Newton, of the Beagle, went ashore Ia
look about, as much i'm the hope of
shooting game rs of finding pirates,
since the place appeared To be unin-
habited. The men were armed IL
usual; and they had proceeded but a
few steps into the woods when man
was observed Watching their move
ments from cover of thickct. He al
once disappeared. and, with wise eau
ton, the men We're straightway ordered
back TO the boat. Hardly had they
taken their places when "A vOlley of
musketry was discharged ut them from
the brush. The fire WAS returned. but
with what effect could not he deter
mined. for none of the concealed fuSi-
lecrS showed themselves; and the num-
berS of the enemy being unknown. the
boat was ordered back Ia the Beagle.
Night being now at hand. no imme-
diate attempt was made To dislodgc the
hidden mUSketecrs. But at three
o clock the next morning Lieutenant
Farragul was ordered Ia land with Il
force of seventeen marines from the
and drive the piratc>-fur
there was no doubt "a Ia their charac-
ter-out of their lurking-place>. The
two >choonerS, meantime. We're To warp
a. close 10 the shore a. possible. and
project the attacking party against amy
possible rush of the enemy in over
whelming numbers.
at was about a. uncertain AN errand
as | ever set out on. the Admiral used
10 remark, ''for it was still dark. and
we had not the least notion of the char
acter of the country inshore. nor yet
in what numbers we might unearlh the |
rogueS. But rs Ia the nature of the !
footing we We're not long left i'm doubt. !
In all my life | had never seen such
walking. The chaparral was one jun
ole of thorn-bru>h, which tore our cloth
ing 10 pieces and scratched our flesh at
every step. The only way We We're
able to make any progress whatever
was To cut the brush down with our
cutia>>es. We had literally hewed our
WAY into it for several hundred PAGES.
when we came upon a lagoon. or arm
of the sea. too deep To ford, though it
was not more than thirty or forty yards
Ia -
some distance. and at length came out
to the mouth of it, where ii Joined the
sea.
Thus we had accomplished nothing.
and We're back at the beach again. and !
"a ii happened, narrowly escaped be- !
ing fired on by the Greyhound. For !
from our appearing in this unexpected !
place. they at first mistook us for a /
party of pirates trying TO cut us off /: